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Road Traffic Accidents before and after Seatbelt Legislation-Study in a District General Hospital

Author(s) -

Jordyn Thomas

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

journal of the royal society of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1758-1095

pISSN - 0141-0768

DOI - 10.1177/014107689008300207

Subject(s) - legislation , medicine , whiplash , abbreviated injury scale , occupational safety and health , poison control , injury prevention , medical emergency , road traffic , emergency department , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , emergency medicine , head and neck , accident and emergency , injury severity score , surgery , transport engineering , engineering , psychiatry , law , pathology , political science

Injuries among samples of car accident cases attending the Accident & Emergency (A & E) department of a District General Hospital (DGH) in the year before and after the introduction of seat belt legislation were classified applying the Abbreviated Injury Scale using information recorded in the patient case notes. Those who died or did not attend an A & E department were not included in the sampling frame. The number of those who escaped injury increased by 40% and those with mild and moderate injuries decreased by 35% after seatbelt legislation. There was a significant reduction in soft tissue injuries to the head. Only whiplash injuries to the neck showed a significant increase.

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